Heart Camps

Also check out the Fun Opportunities page which lists activities such as sailing that are offered by other organizations!

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Camp Braveheart – Atlanta, GA (Organized by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta) – Ages 7-18

Camp Meridian – Newington, NH

Open Hearts Camp – Great Barrington, MA (For ages 8-16 – who have had open heart surgery or a transplant)

Camp Boggy Creek – Eustis, FL (For seriously ill children – weekend camps for the entire family)

Camp Bon Coeur – Lafayette, LA (Created by Lafayette General Medical Center and Mended Hearts, Inc. – Week 1 – Ages 7-11 – Week 2 – 12-16)

Camp Brave Heart – Lincoln, NE (For Children ages 9-14 who have cardiology health conditions)
Contact: Jennifer Strawn (402) 955-4350

Camp del Corazon – Catalina Island, CA (For ages 7 – 17 with heart disease)

Camp Holiday Trails – Charlottesville, VA (For Ages 5 – 17, also have family weekends)

Camp Kaleidoscope – (Must be a patient at Duke University Medical Center)

Camp Meridian – Tuftonboro, NH (3 day overnight heart camp for children Ages 8-12)

Camp Moss – (sponsored by the Children’s Medical Center in Dallas & Cooks Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth)

Camp Odayin – Stillwater, MN (For ages 8 – 17, offering Day Camps, Residential Camps and Family Camp weekend in October.)

Camp Rhythm – Eureka, MO (A 5-day/4-night camp for children who were born with a heart defect or developed a heart problem that required intervention and ongoing follow-up care prior to the age of 18. We are very excited to be changing locations for Camp ’09…you will find us at Camp Wyman in Eureka, MO on July 6 – 10, 2009.)

Camp Taylor – Livermore, CA (Youth Camp is for Ages 7-12 & Teen Camp for ages 12-17 – Family camp is also available)

Camp Victory – Millville, PA (For children with chronic health problems or disabilities)

LeBonheur Cardiac Kids Camp – Memphis, TN (For ages 8-16, sponsored by Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center)

The Center for Courageous Kids – Schottsville, KY (For Ages 7-15 – children with chronic or life threatening illness)

Champ Camp – Tulsa, OK

Heart Camp for Kids – Pittsburgh, PA (for ages 8-16)

Dragonfly Heart Camp (For ages 7-17)

Hope With Heart – West Milford, NJ (for Ages 7-15)

Victory Junction Gang – Randleman, NC (For ages 7-15 – Chronic illnesses)

Camp Joyful Heart – Clarksville, OH (For ages 8-18)

Camp Mountain Heart – Cedar Lakes, WV (For ages 8-18)

DID YOU KNOW?

Nearly twice as many children die from Congenital Heart Defects in the United States each year as from all forms of childhood cancers combined.

Yet funding for pediatric cancer research is 5 times higher than funding for Congenital Heart Defects.
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